A Comparison of Modulation Techniques for Modular Multilevel Converters
This work presents a comparison of three different modulation techniques applied to modular multilevel converters (MMCs). The three modulation strategies studied in this paper are the phase-shifted sinusoidal pulse width modulation (PS-SPWM), the space-vector modulation (SVM) and the nearest level m...
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| author | Miguel Moranchel Francisco Huerta Inés Sanz Emilio Bueno Francisco J. Rodríguez |
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| description | This work presents a comparison of three different modulation techniques applied to modular multilevel converters (MMCs). The three modulation strategies studied in this paper are the phase-shifted sinusoidal pulse width modulation (PS-SPWM), the space-vector modulation (SVM) and the nearest level modulation (NLM). This paper focuses on analysing the particularities and implementation of each modulation technique. The modulation technique largely defines the generated harmonic content, making this is a key point that must be studied in depth. The paper briefly describes the three modulation techniques and analyses the harmonics generated by each one of the methods. In addition, the paper presents and compares the digital implementation of the three modulation methods in a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The proposed approaches are validated using a real processing platform and experimentally evaluated in a real high-power six-level MMC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3722b456c804dd894f769b2693c80022022-12-22T01:57:08ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732016-12-01912109110.3390/en9121091en9121091A Comparison of Modulation Techniques for Modular Multilevel ConvertersMiguel Moranchel0Francisco Huerta1Inés Sanz2Emilio Bueno3Francisco J. Rodríguez4Electronics Department, Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela Politécnica, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, SpainElectronics Department, Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela Politécnica, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, SpainElectronics Department, Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela Politécnica, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, SpainElectronics Department, Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela Politécnica, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, SpainElectronics Department, Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela Politécnica, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, SpainThis work presents a comparison of three different modulation techniques applied to modular multilevel converters (MMCs). The three modulation strategies studied in this paper are the phase-shifted sinusoidal pulse width modulation (PS-SPWM), the space-vector modulation (SVM) and the nearest level modulation (NLM). This paper focuses on analysing the particularities and implementation of each modulation technique. The modulation technique largely defines the generated harmonic content, making this is a key point that must be studied in depth. The paper briefly describes the three modulation techniques and analyses the harmonics generated by each one of the methods. In addition, the paper presents and compares the digital implementation of the three modulation methods in a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The proposed approaches are validated using a real processing platform and experimentally evaluated in a real high-power six-level MMC.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/12/1091modulation techniquesmodular multilevel converternearest level modulationspace vector modulationsinusoidal pulse width modulation |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Moranchel Francisco Huerta Inés Sanz Emilio Bueno Francisco J. Rodríguez A Comparison of Modulation Techniques for Modular Multilevel Converters Energies modulation techniques modular multilevel converter nearest level modulation space vector modulation sinusoidal pulse width modulation |
| title | A Comparison of Modulation Techniques for Modular Multilevel Converters |
| title_full | A Comparison of Modulation Techniques for Modular Multilevel Converters |
| title_fullStr | A Comparison of Modulation Techniques for Modular Multilevel Converters |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparison of Modulation Techniques for Modular Multilevel Converters |
| title_short | A Comparison of Modulation Techniques for Modular Multilevel Converters |
| title_sort | comparison of modulation techniques for modular multilevel converters |
| topic | modulation techniques modular multilevel converter nearest level modulation space vector modulation sinusoidal pulse width modulation |
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